Baby-swing



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BABY-Swine.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24,1921.

Application. fil ed September 16, 1919. Serial No. 324,204.

To rill 'whomjt may concern) Be it known that I, GLARENQE'W. CAVA- .VNAUGH, citizen of the United States, residingat Gloucester, in the county of; Essex and State of Mass achusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in of which theffollowlng 1s a.

Baby-Swings, specification.

My invention relates to swlngs of that class which comprises a pended from an overhead support.

Swings of the class referred to are for.

-use by very young babies and therefore should have the seatportion thereof c0nstructed with means for holding the child in such position that the child cannot accldentally fall out. Myinvention has for its object to provide an improved swing of the class mentioned, and particularly to improve the construction of the seat and of the means for holding the baby in place thereon.

One feature of my improved swing resides in the construction of the seat, which is made with a bottom of strong stifi? material such as wood, said seat being provided with three upright walls of canvas or other suitable flexible material secured at their lower edges to said bottom, and said walls consisting of a back wall and two side walls. All three of these walls have their upper portions secured to a rigid frame con-- nected with the means by which the seat is suspended from an overhead sup ort. Another feature of my invention resides 1n the construction and arrangement of the improved means hereinafter described, for holding the child safely in position upon the seat of the swing.

In thev accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baby swing constructed in accordance with my invention. r

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, on enlarged scale through one side of the Seat hereinafter described.

My improved baby swing comprises a portable frame work which includes a rec'- tangular base consisting of four strips of angle iron 1, 2, 3 and ends to the lower ends of four uprightposts 5. At their upper ends the posts 5 are fastened to a rectangular top frame made up of four marginal strips of angle iron 6, 7, 8 and 9 and a pair of crossed diagonally disposed bars 10 and 11. These bars 10 and 11 safety seat sus- 4 fastened at their are through, them an eye-bolt 12 provided with a nut 13. The eye-bolt 12 has four ro e 14 connected to it which extend downwardl y throughjperforations provided at the en s of.a pair of crossed spreader bars 15, and

perforated where they cross to receive.

are connected at their lower ends with the 9 seat oftheswing;

The seat of the swing comprises a rectangular bottom piece 16 of wood or the like to which are attachedthe lower ends of threewalls 17, 18 and 19, saidwalls being preferably made from canvas so as to provide yieldable and soft walls for the child to rest against. As herein shown a single piece'of canvas is used to make these three.walls,the lower marginal: portion of' said piece of canvas being turned inwardly under the seat 16 as shown in Fig. 2, and secured to the under side of said seat by means of nails 20 and oneor more metallic strips 21.

The upper marginal portion of the piece of canvas constituting the walls 17, 18 and 19, is formed with a tubular pocket 23 within which is confined a rectangular metallic frame 24. The lower ends of the ropes 14 are provided with eyes 25 through which the two Side bars of this metallic frame 24 extends.

The means herein provided for use in Securin the child in position upon the seat 16 inclu es a belt 26 made near its middle with a. laterally and downwardly projecting extension 27 fastened by tacks or nails 28, or otherwise, to the front edge of the seat 16.

The middle or body portion of the belt 26 may, as shown, he made up of a piece of canvas to each end of which is fastened one end of a cord or rope 29. The back wall 18 has incorporated in it two gromets 30, one near each side of said wall, through which the cords or ropes 29 can be passed.

The child is placed in position upon the seat 16 with its legs at each side of extension 27 and then, with the belt in position across the body of the child, the end ropes 29 are threaded through the gromets 30 to the rear side of back wall 18 where they are tied together. This construction permlts of the belt being adjusted nicely to the Size of the child, whlle the middle or body portion of belt 26 being made of a piece of flexible canvas of relatlvely large area, does not out into the body of the child to the discomfort and perhaps injury of thelatter as is the case with some of the constructions heretofore proposed.

The weight of the child upon the seat 16 causes said seat and the metallic frame 24: to cooperate in holding the side walls flat and taut so as to support the child when it rests or leans against said walls.

What I claim is:

1. A baby swing having a seat including in its construction a seat bottom; aback wall extending upwardly from said seat bottom formed near each side with an-aperturega belt made near its'middle with a laterally and downwardly projecting extension secured near its lower end tosaid seat bottom near the front thereof, said belt being provided at its ends with fiexible terminals,extending through the apertures of the back wall and adaptedto be fastened together at the rear of said back wall.

2. A baby swing having a seat including in its construction a seat bottom; a back wall of canvas or the like extending upwardly from said seat bottom and formed near each side with an aperture; a belthaving a mid- V dle portion of relatively large area made from canvas or thelike provided at itsends with flexible terminals, said middle portion being made with a laterally .and downwardly projecting extension fastened near its lower end to said seat bottom near the front thereof the end terminals of said belt being adapted to be passed through Said apertures and tied together at the rear of said back wall.

3. A baby swing having a seat including in its construction a seat bottom; abackwall of canvas or the like extending upwardly from said seat bottom and formed near each side with an aperture bordered'by a gromet; a belt having a middle or inter-- mediate body portionof canvas orthe'like made near its middle with a lateral exten sion that is secured near its end to said seat bottom near'the front thereof, saidintermediate portion being provided at each end with a cord or the like adapted to pass through said grometsand to be tied together at the rear of said back wall. I

Signed at Boston, this eleventh day. of July, 1919. a

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